Mechanical card.



No. 850,150. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

L. H. GLAZIER. MECHANICAL GARD.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.1B, 190B.

i-W Atty"k UNITED STATES P ATEN I. OFFICE.

LOUIS HIGLAZIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO J OTTMANN LITHO GRAPHING C O .,-OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MECHANICAL CARD-- To all Z whom it concern.- Be it known that I, LoUIsH. GLAZIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in thecounty of New York and State of- New York, have invented anew and usefulMechanical Card, of which the following is 'a specification, accompaniedby drawings.

M invention relates to improvements in mec anical cards; and the objectsof the invention are to improve ,upon the construction of such devices,whereby .the cards may be made out of one piece of cardboardor thelike-and adapted to be folded without other means, a part of thecardbeing used as a spring to assist in the operation of the same.

To the accomplishment of these objectsand such others as mayhereinafterappear, the invention. comprises the'novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

-Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a mechanicalcard, representing a woman washing clothes. 2 is a front view of ablank, showing 1 unfolded. Fig.3 isa front view of a mechanical cardwhich shows two pictures, one at a time, as i the card is operated. Fig.4 is'a blank, showing .3 unfolded." Fig. 5'is afront view of a mecanical card, representing the face of a man ,whose eyes and tongue movewhen the cardis' operated. Fig. 6 1s a blank, showing part ofa man sface whose eyes move as the Fig; 5. unfolded. 7 is afront view of a cardis operated. Fi 8 is a blank,'showing 7 un folded; an ig. 9-15 aside-view .showingfthe operatic I of the mechanical card.'

The blankA is prefeiablyia iece of cardboard or other siinilarm teriadivided'into threesections C, D, and theiniddle section D being'the'front of the card, over which the sections E andOare folded,t he samebeinglocked together b meims-offthe tenon F and the slit G,'-"as .s ownin Fig.1. .glhe

two sections 0 and E are suitably decorated.

have, shown a woman washingl not to limit-myself t In this case theyrepiresent a womanwashing clothes, the tongue be p I resent" awashboard, w e the top of t e '5 washtub is drawn about theslit e. WhileI clothes, do ereto, .as the Specification of Letters Patent. IApplication filed at... 13,1900. seen Ho. seam.

decorated to re L atente'd April 16, 1907,

cards may be decorated in any other suitable 'manner as desired. I Bdyreferring to Fig. 9 the o eration of the car is sh section or front I)acts as a spring to. return the card to a fiat or normal position.

In Fig. 4 the blankH is cutsomewhat similar to the blank A, as shown inFig 2, and is preferably divided into three sections J, K,

own, the same being eld at the top and bottom between the tips of thefin ers and thumb, and on being pressed the mi dle and L, the middlesection K being-the front of the card, over which the sections J and Lare folded, as heretofore; but in this case the section L is rovidedwith a hole q and with tenOn-fla s and N, which are adapted to be foldeover the back of the section L, the same being held together by meansofthe tenon O, which fits into the slit P. The sections J and L are thenfolded, so that the section J is inserted in the pocketformed by thesection L and the flaps M and N. The oppositeside of the section J .canbedecorated with one or more pictures, as desired,

pressed, as shown in Fig. 9, different pictures and as the top andbottom of the" card are will be shown as the pictures pass the hole'g,

as shown inFig. 3.- I y In Fig. 6 the blank Q is cut into three sectionsR, S, and T in the same manner as before described in reference to Fig.2 and Fig.

4. The blank'Q in this instance when folded. I has drawn u onthesections R and T the face ofa man, w 0 moves hiseyes and tongueas thecard is operated. In a cardof this kind it is found necessary toprovideextra tenons U, which fit into slits V to hold the card. together.

In F' s the blank Wis also divided. into three sections X, Y, and Z. Tofacilitate'the card being held operatively together, the seetion Xisprovided withslits a, through which the tenons b pass, on the oppositesideof' which an eye isdrawn; so that when the card 7 is operated theeyes will move back and forth. It will be seen=from theabove-constructed cards that the manner and ways of making the same canbe varied greatly, although the middle section,or front of the card mustbe wider than either, one of-the other sections to permit the front ofthe card to be operated .as.

a spring, The cards, as shown, are all made from a fiat iece ofcardboard and are so made that t ey can be folded and held to-' getherwithout the assistance of any metal or any other outside fasteners, thefront in each case being the means of holding the back of the cardtogether, and at the same' time the front is used .as a spring foroperating the card The card when completed is flat and can be used forany kind of advertising matter or for comic ictures that can be sentthrough the mail without danger of the same coming to pieces in transit.

While my invention has been described with particular reference todetails of construction, it should be understood that it is not to belimited thereto, as many and various changes, alterations, andsubstitutions may be made therein. and still fall within the sco e andprinciple; but

- at I do claim,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In'a mechanical card, a blank folded into three sections, and meansfor holding said sections operatively together, whereby the middlesection may be used as a springto operate said card.

2. In a mechanical card, a blanlr foldedlonger than either one of theother sections to permit the middle section to be used as a v spring andmeans for holding operatively together.

In testimony whereof said sections I have signed this specification inthe presence of two subscribmg witnesses.

Louis H. GLAZIER.

Witnesses:

Leo J MATI'Y. 01in A. FOSTER.

